Seismological criticality concept and percolation model of fracture

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-136

  Chelidze, T ^a,b   Kolesnikov, Yu ^a   Matcharashvili, T ^a  

^a Georgian Academy of Science MNodia Institute of Geophysics   (Georgia)

^b TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Anisotropic correlation; Criticality; Effective amplitude; Fracture; Non linear analysis; Percolation

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646052595     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02818.x     Document Type: Article

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